Explains how to build complex scripting functionality with minimal coding, providing coverage of functions ranging from incorporating Ajax apps and overcoming the limits of HTML and CSS to building plug-ins and using animation

What will you learn from this book? This brain-friendly guide teaches you everything from JavaScript language fundamentals to advanced topics, including objects, functions, and the browser’s document object model. You won’t just be reading—you’ll be playing games, solving puzzles, pondering mysteries, and interacting with JavaScript in ways you never imagined. And you’ll write real code, lots of it, so you can start building your own web applications. Prepare to open your mind as you learn (and nail) key topics including: The inner details of JavaScript How JavaScript works with the browser The secrets of JavaScript types Using arrays The power of functions How to work with objects Making use of prototypes Understanding closures Writing and testing applications What’s so special about this book? We think your time is too valuable to waste struggling with new concepts. Using the latest research in cognitive science and learning theory to craft a multi-sensory learning experience, Head First JavaScript Programming uses a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works, not a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep. This book replaces Head First JavaScript, which is now out of print.

Provides information on building interactive Web applications using Ajax.

Looks at ways to create an attractive and user-friendly Web site, covering such topics as customer requirements, storyboards, HTML, and CSS.

"Head First HTML5" introduces key features including improved text elements, audio and video tags, geolocation, and the Canvas drawing surface. Concrete examples and exercises are applied to reinforce these concepts.

Provides information on scripting Web applications with JavaScript.

Looks at how to create an effective mobile Web page, tackling both technical and strategic approaches to mobile web design and including the latest development techniques.

Want to add more interactivity and polish to your websites? Discover how jQuery can help you build complex scripting functionality in just a few lines of code. With Head First jQuery, you'll quickly get up to speed on this amazing JavaScript library by learning how to navigate HTML documents while handling events, effects, callbacks, and animations. By the time you've completed the book, you'll be incorporating Ajax apps, working seamlessly with HTML and CSS, and handling data with PHP, MySQL and JSON. If you want to learn—and understand—how to create interactive web pages, unobtrusive script, and cool animations that don't kill your browser, this book is for you. Use jQuery with DOM to overcome the limitations of HTML and CSS Learn how jQuery selectors and actions work together Write functions and wire them to interface elements Use jQuery effects to create actions on the page Make your pages come alive with animation Build interactive web pages with jQuery and Ajax Build forms in web applications

With this book, Web designers who usually turn out static Websites with HTML and CSS can make the leap to the next level of Web development--full-fledged, dynamic, database-driven Websites using PHP and SQL.

Provides information on using Ajax in building Web applications.